. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENfSMOUE] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 515 No. 237. Song of the Ticketless Society (Catalogue No. 678) Sung by Twin (Cekpa^) Voice J— 108 Drum not recorded. 53g ffi ^^^g ^ -F—•-:—• 0 Analysis.—This song contains all the tones of the octave, an un- usual feature in a song of minor tonality. It has a range of 10 tones and is melodic in structure. Of the intervals 63 per cent are whole tones. The song is peculiar in that it contains only one tone less than an eighth note in value. Rev. John Eastman* of Sisseton, S. Dak., told the story of the following song, saying that the incident
. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENfSMOUE] TETON SIOUX MUSIC 515 No. 237. Song of the Ticketless Society (Catalogue No. 678) Sung by Twin (Cekpa^) Voice J— 108 Drum not recorded. 53g ffi ^^^g ^ -F—•-:—• 0 Analysis.—This song contains all the tones of the octave, an un- usual feature in a song of minor tonality. It has a range of 10 tones and is melodic in structure. Of the intervals 63 per cent are whole tones. The song is peculiar in that it contains only one tone less than an eighth note in value. Rev. John Eastman* of Sisseton, S. Dak., told the story of the following song, saying that the incident occurred when his father was 15 or 16 years old, and was still remembered by many old people. The incident was as follows: A party of white men were driving cattle to one of the new settlements in the north. They lost their way and entered on territory along the Red River where the Sioux war parties were in the habit of going. They were seen by the Sioux, who, supposing them to be Cree half-breeds, fired on them, kiUing one or more of the number. These Sioux were under the white man's law, and when they found that they had killed a white man they knew that they were liable to arrest for murder. Accordingly they ''lost themselves" among various bands of Indians. The chiefs tried to locate them, but could find only one man, whose name was Fierce Face (Ite'-hir)yar)'za). In order to demonstrate the good faith of the Sioux toward the white men he traveled many miles without escort of any kind and voluntarily gave himself up to the authorities. He went from camp to camp down the Minnesota River, each camp encouraging him and praising him in the following song. His son, a boy of about 7 years, went with him to the edge of the 1 Rev. Mr. Eastman's Sioux name is MaHpi'ya-wakajg'-kidai)' (Sacred Cloud Worshiper). See his biography in Handbook of American Indians, pt. 1, pp. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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